PNP eyes cybersecurity desks to boost fight vs. online crimes

MANILA: Police stations across the country will soon have cybersecurity desks that would handle cybercrimes, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Wednesday.

In a press briefing in Camp Crame, Quezon City, PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said …

PhilPost urges lovers to celebrate Valentine’s through ‘Padalove’

CEBU: Metro Cebu and Tagbilaran City residents who want to send flowers and gifts to their loved ones on Valentine’s Day can order at the nearest Philippine Postal Corp. (PhilPost) post offices, a postmaster here announced on Wednesday.

Rachel Betos,…

BI prevents 2 American sex offenders from entering PH

MANILA: Two convicted sex offenders from the United States have been barred from entering the country after their names prompted positive derogatory hits in the border control information system of the Bureau of Immigration (BI).

In a statement Wedne…

Improved disposition toward using credit, financing to boost spending

MANILA: Personal consumption, which is one of the biggest drivers of the country’s economic growth, is expected to get a boost as more Filipinos tap financial institutions and formal lenders to borrow money, a financing company said.

Home Credit Phil…

New army commanders told to finish insurgency in Panay

ILOILO: Newly installed battalion commanders of the 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) of the Philippine Army have received marching orders to finish the insurgency in Panay.

In a press release Wednesday, 3ID commander, Maj. Gen. Marion R. Sison, said he ha…

2 drug suspects yield over P2-M shabu in Cebu City

CEBU: Two drug suspects were arrested after yielding over PHP2 million worth of suspected shabu during a sting operation in this city’s upland village of Malubog, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Central Visayas said Wednesday.

PDEA agen…

PBBM to DOTr, DOF: Look for funds for Tagum-Davao-Digos railway

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday directed the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Department of Finance (DOF) to look for funds for the stalled Mindanao Railway project.

‘I am ordering the DOTr and the DOF to work in tan…